The band Elias Hulk hailed from Bournemouth on the south coast of England and was formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist Neil Tatum, singer Pete Thorpe, guitarist Grenville Frazer, bassist James Haines and drummer Bernard James. After months of intensive rehearsals and numerous gigs on the London club scene and along the south coast, they embarked on a tour across England. Miki Dallon took notice of them and offered them a contract with his newly launched label, Young Blood. The quintet then recorded their debut album at London’s Pye Studios, with Dallon as producer. Unchained was released in November 1970 and is now an ultra-rare psychedelic rock album with acid blues influences from the early 1970s. Very much in the style of the British blues-boom hard rock, this album is extremely rare to find in its original pressing.

With numerous long guitar solos, it is comparable to albums by Leaf Hound, Killing Floor, Red Dirt and other similar bands of the era. Despite these qualities and a provocative cover by designer Peter Lee, depicting an angry man fighting two naked, bound women, their first and only album went completely unnoticed at the time. This rare hard rock LP, both in its original English and German version on Young Blood, has achieved cult status among collectors and now changes hands for considerable sums.